Safety device for fasteners



M. KEETON. SAFETY DEVICE FOR FASTENERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.24, 1921.

1,384,526. Patented July 12,1921.-

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UNITED STATES MONROE KEETON, OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

SAFE'IY DEVICE FOR FASTENERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1921.

Application filed February 24, 1921. Serial No. 447,580.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MONROE Knnron, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State of lllississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Devices for Fasteners, of which the followin is a specification.

lIy present invention relates to an ornamental fastening means for detachable cuff buttons, collar buttons, or any fastening device adapted to secure two sheets or surfaces of material. together.

One object of my invention is to provide a means of preventing loss of such a fastener should the button holes or other apertures become enlarged through wear or strain.

Another object is to provide such above means as will be ornamental as well as useful and which will not detract from the appearance of the jewelry or other devices with which it is used.

These and other objects I accomplish by providing a small chain or the like secured to one end of a fastener, adapted to pass around the adjacent edges of the fastened material, the end of the chain being provided with means to secure itself to the other end of the fastener.

The invention further consists in the novel arrangement, construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, which are illustrative only of one embodiment of my invention- Figure 1 is a perspective of a cuff button with my device attached.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the fastener of Fig. 1 showing the mode of attachment to a cuff.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, a detachable cuff button is shown as consisting of ends 1 and 2 joined in the usual manner by shank 3. A chain or the like is shown at 4:, secured in any suitable manner to the end 1 of the cuff button. The chain is provided at its unattached end with a men1- her 5 preferably of spring material having portions bent inwardly toward each other, as at 6. These portions divide the memher 5 into substantially two parts, a and b, the portion a being large enough to allow it to be slipped over the end 2 of the button. When, however, the shank 3 is slipped through the restricted area into portion Z), it is impossible to remove member 5 over the end 2, due to the fact that the portion 6 is of less area than end 2.

When the guard chain is in place and portion Z) of member 5 surrounds the shank 3, it will be seen that the cuff link is securely fastened to the cuff and member 5 must first be removed before the link can be detached. This necessarily prevents easy loss and at the same time provides an added ornamentation which is decidedly attractive.

Obviously, other forms of fasteners may be used other than member 5, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is In combination, a cuff button having a shank and enlarged ends, an ornamental guard chain attached to one of said ends, said chain being adapted to pass around the two adjacent edges of the material of a cufi', said chain carrying means to lock itself to one of the enlarged ends of the cuff button by inserting same through said locking means.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture.

MONROE KEETON. 

